A signal fault at London Victoria was affecting Southeastern lines, caused major disruption for Kent’s rail passengers on Sunday. Severe delays and cancellations to and from London Victoria began shortly before 06:30 GMT due to multiple faults and engineering work. Southeastern said its services resumed at 17:30 but added that […]
Year: 2024
The Nigerian Railway Corporation is to run an end-of-the-year special train service on all its routes across the country. The train service complies with the Federal Government’s directive through the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The NRC in a statement by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, on Wednesday, said […]
The Australian government gave final approval on November 5 for construction of a 39 km rail link in New South Wales to take Inland Rail from Illabo to Stockinbingal. The new alignment will bypass Cootamundra and Bethungra, where ARTC’s existing Main South Line follows a winding and steeply-graded alignment including […]
UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni officially launched construction of the standard gauge railway programme’s 272 km Eastern Line from the capital Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border during a ceremony in Tororo district on November 21. Museveni said the project is a ‘significant moment in our journey towards economy transformation, […]
Türkiye’s railway network is expected to extend beyond 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) next year, with the high-speed rail lines alone anticipated to exceed 2,600 kilometers (1,616 miles), according to the country’s 2025 central government budget proposal. Haberin Devamı Railway investments in accordance with the central government budget proposal aim to […]
Rail transport expert, Olawale Rasheed, has said that the recent announcement by the African Development Bank to release $350m to the Federal Government for the construction of the Kano-Maradi rail link will not affect the ongoing unbundling process of the Nigeria Railway Corporation. In a chat with The PUNCH, on […]
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority confirmed that the Blue Line Rail resumed operation on Sunday after a fire engulfed a section of the rail track on Saturday. The Fire Service said there was no casualty following the inferno as emergency responders were quick to douse the fire which began […]
A fire outbreak has occurred on a small section of the Lagos Blue Line track at a spot opposite the NEPA Station, near the Eko Bridge, in the Apogbon area of Lagos State. According to a post by Gboyega Akosile, the spokesman for the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has appointed Ben Iloanusi as its acting Managing Director, following the completion of Fidet Okhiria’s second four-year tenure. The handover took place on October 18, with Iloanusi assuming leadership of the organization. In a statement released on Sunday, the NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Yakub […]
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will today (Tuesday) officially unveil the LMRT Red Line for commercial operations. Speaking on the project, the governor said this is the second rail system to become operational in less than two years in the state. The 27-kilometre Red Line has eight stations […]